This design, commemorating a St. Patrick's Day visit to Clinton, Massachusetts by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 with a shamrock, originally appeared on buttons. We print it on a thin poly/cotton green-on-green ringer t-shirt, available in both unisex and a woman's version.

In his inaugural address as Governor of Georgia on
January 12, 1971, James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (1924 - )
proclaimed:

The test
of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and
privileged few,
but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend
on it.

During his term as the 39th President of the United
States, Carter most notably helped negotiate peace between Israel
and Egypt and helped facilitate an arms treaty with the Soviet
Union.

We cannot
be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's
leading supplier of the weapons of war

It is his achievements and efforts following his
term as President, however, which truly illustrate his commitment
to human rights and world peace.

We know
that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and
two-thirds hungry.

In 1982 Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn founded
the Carter Center in Atlanta to promote global health, democracy
and fair elections around the world, among many other objectives.
He of course is also known for his work with Habitat for America,
helping build homes for people who would otherwise be unable to
afford homes of their own.

Whether
the borders that divide us are picket fences or national
boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

Carter was awarded The Albert Schweitzer Prize for
Humanitarianism, The United Nations Human Rights Award, The
Presidential Medal of Freedom, and, in 2002, Nobel Peace Prize, for
his efforts on behalf of the world's underprivileged.

A strong
nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm,
thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand
to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave
with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of
insecurity.